Re: Looking for a step by step guide on setting up AD


"Fernando Ronci" <fernandoronci@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Can anyone please recommend me a step by step walkthrough on setting up a
Domain Controller and Active Directory on Windows Server 2003 ?

Yes, search the built-in help for these:

checklist DNS
checklist active directory

Or just simple: checklist and select either the (single) Active Directory
checklist
link, or the many AD related KB articles.

I've found lots of articles, white papers and blog posts on AD, but not
the kind of thorough, one-stop, step-by-step guide that explains how to
carry out a professional setup of Active Directory in a corporate
environment. Does that document exist ?

Yes. This Google search also works quite nicely for the actual
"step-by-step"
Microsoft guides:

"active directory" "step-by-step" site:microsoft.com

The first entry is this one (when I do the search):

Active Directory Step-by-Step Guides
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/directory/activedirectory/stepbystep/default.mspx

But do realize that ANY such "step by step" or "checklist" is going to be
for an "average" or "typical" setup and that learning just a little bit
about
AD, but learning that little bit really correctly and well, is in most cases
much easier and more effective since it allows you to tailor the methods to
your own environment and needs.

Setting up AD itself is trivial in most cases -- you have actually tried
this on
a test machine, right?

Setting it up effectively for a real domain is somewhere between trivial
(also)
and very complex depending on the requirements and environment.

Tell us what you are having trouble understanding or tell us about your
environment and what you plan to actually do. We can help if you give
us specifics... either by giving your direct advice or sending you to more
specific papers and guides in some cases.

Thanks.
Fernando




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